Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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